Welcome to Inside the ADHD Studio

You’ve stepped into a creative space that brings ADHD to life through metaphor and design.

Each room in the studio represents a different part of the mind’s executive system — the inner “mixing desk” that shapes how we manage time, focus, emotion, and planning.

How the Studio Works

Psychologist Russell Barkley’s (2015) model describes ADHD as a difference in executive functioning — the brain’s self-management system.

Here, those invisible processes of the mind are turned into physical spaces you can walk through:

  • The Video Edit Booth – time and focus

  • The Sound Edit Booth – inner speech and motivation

  • The DJ Booth – emotion and energy regulation

  • The Songwriter’s Room – planning, creativity, and follow-through

Together they form a living model of how ADHD feels from the inside — not a list of symptoms, but a rhythm of thought and emotion that shifts with context.

These rooms together form a creative model of executive functioning — a way to see ADHD rather than simply describe it.

How to Explore

This isn’t a test or a checklist; it’s a way of seeing.

You can:

  • Start anywhere — each room stands alone.

  • Take your time and notice what resonates.

  • Reflect on your own patterns of attention, emotion, or motivation.

  • Use what you discover to spark conversation or self-understanding.

Explore the Studio

  • The Video Edit Booth — Time and Focus

    (Non-verbal working memory and time awareness)

    Where time speeds up, slows down, or disappears altogether.

    Enter

  • The Sound Edit Booth — Inner Speech and Motivation

    (Verbal working memory and self-instruction)

    The inner monologue that jumps between ten tracks at once.

    ENTER

  • The DJ Booth — Emotion and Energy Regulation

    (Regulation of affect, arousal, and motivation)

    Life lived at full volume — balancing intensity, impulse, and drive.

    ENTER

  • The Songwriter’s Room — Planning and Creativity

    (Reconstitution and self-organisation)

    Where ideas flow faster than they can be finished.

    ENTER